The very first official image of the new 2022 Toyota Tundra has been revealed, giving us an early look at the full-sized pickup truck set to rival the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra.
Photos of the 2022 Toyota Tundra leaked earlier this week, but now, Toyota has gotten ahead of the curve by publishing the first official look at the new pickup’s design.
This particular model appears to be the TRD Pro model, and is equipped with 18-inch wheels with Falken Wildpeak all-terrain tires in the corners. The tires are sized at 285/65R18. Up front, this new 2022 Toyota Tundra features a large black grille insert, characterized by a honeycomb inner design and large Toyota brand script across the top of the insert.
Just above the Toyota script, we see a trio of amber lights, while below the logo is a large, horizontally oriented LED lighting bar. Below the grille is a set of smaller LED light bars, while the lower edge of the front bumper gets what appears to be a black skid plate.
The corners also feature black fender liners and forward-facing amber lights. The headlamps include T-shaped lighting signatures, while additional black badging is found on the hood, declaring the pickup’s TRD upgrades.
Also notable is the interior, which appears to boast red upholstery.
Earlier this week, Toyota unveiled an image of the 2022 Tundra’s engine cover, which features a large “iForce Max” badge across the top. For now, specifics on the new iForce Max engine are few and far between, but rumor has it the powerplant will be a fresh twin-turbo V6. The blue lettering on the badge could also suggest the availability of hybrid power.
The 2022 Toyota Tundra is expected to make a full debut later in 2021, with U.S. sales set to commence prior to the end of the year. Pricing details are obviously still under wraps, but the base model should start at around $36,000, with TRD Pro models ranging over the $50,000 mark.
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It looks like a crappy copy of the GMC Sierra.
Agree, looks like they paid GM to design it for them.
It’s certainly no gm influence here, more like they tried to make a far more aggressive version of the Tacoma with a lot of cladding added on to it. There is a 50/50 result based on how I feel about it’s looks, one thing is certain, with a TRD Pro being far less expensive than an AT4 or even a Z71 or LTZ model, that could pose as a possible threat to the sales numbers of the gm trucks even with the 2022 refresh models on the way and we can expect to see a lot of these new Tundras on the road very soon.
Hmm, when I first saw this the other day, my first thought was that it looked like a Silverado with a GMC grille tacked on.
But yeah, it’s still pretty Toyota looking.
The resale value of current Tundras just went up!
Almost makes the Titan look acceptable.
Time to take the crayons away frimy Toyota “designers” and send them to their “timeout” space!
That simply UGLY- CHEVY, FORD or DODGE has nothing to worry about
you are so right that thing is very very ugly.
The only Pickup truck that Ram, Ford, and GM has to worry about is the Tesla Cybertruck.
It is a completely different Truck and I am not talking about the fact that it is an EV. Some absolutely hate it and some absolutely love it. Will be very interesting to see what the average NON Car fanatic like us will think of the Cybertruck the first time they see one on the road or at like a Home Depot, Best Buy, or Target Parking lot. I do not think that HUGE Fleet customers will purchase a Cybertruck even though financially speaking they should, I am sure they will wait for the Ford and GM versions of EV Trucks. The customer that the Traditional Big Three should be worried about is the person who runs small business with like a couple of trucks. Never rusts and in theory glass that won’t shatter. Built in Ramp in the tailgate and air suspension. Those features will be great for them. But the best feature for the small business owner that nobody is talking about will be the polarizing looks. People will remember seeing their advertisement on a Cybertruck. That will be worth the looks of it alone.
The Tesla truck isn’t very appealing look wise couple of their cars are pretty ugly also battery powered it’s not gonna work too good at an extreme cold conditions what are you gonna plug it into a tree when you’re out in the woods maybe I sound old fashion but this is going to take time to transition
Wow some really great points that I guess nobody at Tesla has ever thought of let alone already solved. Lol
They still haven’t figured out how to lap a car more then 1 lap before overheating.
@Guestt
Riiiiiiiiiiiiight.
Ram. Dodge hasn’t sold trucks in over ten years.
Nope……still a dodge and always will be. They just put lipstick on a pig.
Dodge makes by far the best looking trucks today with the exception of Silverado 4500+ HD Chassis Cabs which haven’t fallen victim to gm styling on acid. Yet.
The popularity of my post speaks volumes to why we’re inundated with ugly trucks
Agree
Overdone poor attempt to “make a statement”!
The statement made is you’re trying too hard Toyota!
The resale value of current Tundras just went up!
Almost makes the Titan look acceptable.
Time to take the crayons away frimy Toyota “designers” and send them to their “timeout” space!
The price of all use cars and trucks are up because of the poor Inventory of new vehicles
I agree, it looks like all the manufacturers are in competition to have a Mack Style front grill, but I thought Toyota was above that nonsense. But I guess not, I am So Dissapointed. What a colossial screwup. Count me out.
WOw, Toyota, you shouldn’t have!!
Would ya look at that, a grille with tires and wheels!
Yep. Like the new BMW c
Grill Fail! Ughhhhhh
Wow, looks even worse than the Titan.
Good Lord That’s Ugly.
Horrible. But no worse than any American brand.
It’s a big Tacoma, which I guess is what they wanted.
Random thing I am excited about. 285/65r18. Does that mean there will finally be a 285/65r18 that’s not LT? It bothers me there isn’t now. I’m seriously excited about that.
With a twin turbo engine, expect at least 400 pounds feet of torque. This means it will be capable of towing at least a 6500 pound trailer, maybe more depending on the frame and brakes. If the engine is standard, then the sticker price of $36,000 is not out of the ball park. But all the above comments are right, that grille looks like they stole it from a Mack truck. It looks like crap in basic black, but a spray can of Chevy orange paint will fix that right up…..LOL. Or when Trump gets back in office in the next couple of months, paint the grill blonde, to match the BOSS.
Absolutely delusional if you think that orange chimpanzee Donald Grump will EVER be the POTUS again legally, certainly no time soon. That fraud is going to jail along with the thugs that incited a insurrection on our Capital.
Baaaaaa
He’ll be honorary president of the semi-aunnual Palm Beach buffet crawl.
Yes and what we have now is wonderful Biden And harris They could not tie their shoes if it wasn’t okayed by Schumer and Pelosi one giggles and the other one doesn’t know what day it is
Youre a moron and your comment is way out of context
In the USA people have the right to protest. What people don’t have the right to do is burn down cities and Loot stores or overturn police cars. You might re arrange your twisted learnings. Stop drinking the primordial
soup from the Marxist party.
Looks like a bad Lego kit.
OK – this is fugly. But then again so are the GM and Ford products. Not sure about Dodge – oh – I mean Ram – since I can’t remember what it looks like. Really, what is going on with these front ends that are so upright and bulldozer-ish? Just one more thought – is it really necessary for the current trucks to be so darn high off of the road?
None of it is NECESSARY, no. I think a lot is marketing. Golly gee I can pretend I have a big rig! Or, if one tends toward Freudian analysis, it’s a different “size” issue that needs satisfying for some.
Jap Scrap
I’m certainly not a fan of anything Toyota. But for just one second, remove the name and badges. If I didn’t know what brand it was, I would still say that it’s not at all attractive. Personally, I think the Ford F150 (in certain trims at least) looks really nice. The Ram is amazing in nearly every way. I’m also not a huge fan of the GM twins for looks or the interior, but they both look better than this.
But the bottom line is that this “truck” will not move the needle for Toyota. The Toyota fans will swoon over it. The GM/Ford/Ram fans will hate it. But I’m certain that there won’t be anything about this new Tundra that will change enough minds to even put a tiny dent in the F150 sales or the others. The real victim here will most likely be the Titan.
and Titan barely sells enough pickups to justify building them at all.
@shane: Exactly.
Ugly POS like most new Toyota/Lexus products gave become…
It’s almost like Toyota Corp makes horrible designs on purpose now. It’s their gimmick. They only do boring or nauseous. No in-between.
And, it all.sells.
Yep, expect to see a lot of them on the road.
@BobBiggity: I agree. Imagine this: Execs at Toyota know that the sheep will just keep buying the Toyota brand vehicles no matter what. So the execs decide to have some fun. Says one exec to the others: Let’s start to build the ugliest vehicles on earth and see how many Toyota fans will still buy them. Other execs: Sure, sounds like fun.
End of the story? The execs laugh all the way to the bank with the sheeples cash!
I like it a lot.
It looks reTRD-ed.
Like many my mind has always read or thought TuRD when I see the letters TRD. Not sure how many have seen the tailgate but they have doubled down with huge stamped TRD pro letters across the tailgate, nothing like being a TuRD pro!
Sure is ugly!
Tonka Toyota
So people think this is ugly, but that the Silverados are winning beauty contests? Wow.
No need for the “Wow”, many were just as critical with the Silverado when introduced. It will most likely be a nice truck with many needed updates but IMO that huge snout and clunky styling make it rather homely.
That’s one butt ugly truck!
Jap junk
I have a 2007, very GOOD truck, DON`T care for this!
Toyota might have a reliable pick up but their design department leaves a lot to be desired Time for a new sheet of paper this truck is pretty ugly
Along with terrible gas mileage I feel the Toyota trucks just look cheap inside. Now it looks cheap outside as well. The only temptation is resale value and reliability but the mpg makes it a no go.
Yes I agree the full-size Toyota trucks with V8 were tough on fuel besides looking ugly yes you’re right the interior Needs a lot of help I’ll keep my GMC Denali
I’m sure a toyota gonna last ,but my god is she ugly!
Also how come Toyota getaway with putting that overblown aftermarket light bars from the factory. Those are not street legal to my knowledge due to their brightness, LED light bars cannot be in use while you drive on public roads. In fact, simply leaving them off isn’t enough in most states. An LED light cover must be used while the vehicle is driven on the highway.
True and there may be some future customers that may remove this feature off of this truck if they don’t want too much in the way of the grill, I’m just hoping that the LED Bar will not be standard across the entire Tundra lineup.
The one thing is sure the people who’s in the charge of design over there are really love their open mouth “Predator” grills.
Almost like the oversize grill on the Lexus cars
Even the lowly Corolla has a ridiculously big grille.
love it. Cant wait to get my hand on it!
I’m sorry you only have one hand.😔
I’m in the minority but I like the aggressiveness of the look, the ttv6 should be a good addition. Of course I probably won’t buy one over an American model but this is easily the king of Japanese pickups.
Kind of a Bull Dog front but I’d bet their customers go home happier after a visit to the service drive. Likely won’t be any BS “It’s a Design Flaw” nonsense that leaves their customers looking for another brand like lower case gm does.
2022 Toyota Tundra Coefficient Of Drag (cd.): Needle does not go high enough.
Better looking and more reliable than Chev/GMC….what more could u want?
You have got to be kidding me better looking dinner sierra Denali He better have another cuppa coffee and wake up
That was better looking than a sierra Denali
I’m 63 years old never had any issues with my Chevy pickups. This Toyota is hideous! Even Toyota’s have recalls you need to do more reading.
I would say it’s better looking than the Silverado HD, but that’s an extremely low bar.
Toyota and Lexus, gigantic grill is so ugly it takes away from the other ugly parts from the fascia. Someone mentioned gm HD grill and I agree that they big too, but not gigantic ugly…
The 2022 “refreshed Tacoma” isn’t really refreshed, same motor hp/tq, still using rear drum brakes, an optional shock upgrade, additional paint colors, black wheels, LEDs, black out Edition, same mpgs, additional interior colors, and badging. Bla bla bla, but it sells to the Tacoma die hards even though it shakes your blatter to death.
The only “new” additions are a motor, not confirmed, LEDs, wheels&tires, fender covers, interior colored seats, wow… The pictured truck above is above 50k with no ceiling so good luck buying the lowest model starting at 36k and getting something you want kess than 40k based hype with no real details.
I think if the front bumper was body colored it would look a whole lot better.
The Utilitarian School dictated the no nonsense design of classic pickups.
The Poseur School is responsible for today’s overblown abortions.
Its a Lego design
Who makes this truck again? I can’t quite read the brand name on the grill. Maybe they need to make the font a little larger!
Toyota is chasing the more agressive image styling of the Raptor. If Toyota can maintain the reliability confidence of it’s followers, remain competitive in towing capacity, and increase mpg they may win over the GM and Ford fans.
Throwing a tough diesel version into the mix can increase their chances to enter the contractor market.
Brand loyalty is being replaced by the latest trend.
If they (Toyota) can flex different stying through the next few years the beach bandits next choice of frame stuck street queens may be “Yotas”.
I don’t think any of that will happen. The Toyota fans will love it and swear by it, but nobody else will care.
Toyota doesn’t win any design points. Looks like a butch and more poorly designed Sierra
Horrible mash up of a Rivan R1t Cab and Ram and Tundra other tidbits!
Looks worse than the junk from Shebby and Fiat.
Is this a full redesign? Or just a new front end on the old truck?
Not a fan of any of the TRD packages as they seem to try too hard to look aggressive. But I’ll bet Toyota will have some very desirable trucks with decent looks once they reveal all the trims (Platinum, SR5, Limited).
Let the bashing begin now that i didn’t totally trash the Tundra.
As usual if you are a Toyota fan you will like it . A lot of people are brand loyal but come on this thing is butt ugly.
I have high hopes for a more fuel-efficient Tundra – but this thing does not look good. Hopefully it will look better in person.
Toyota should get out of the dark ages upgrade their truck start with a fresh sheet. The design people need to regroup disc brakes on the back would be a plus the truck is not that bad cosmetically it needs help
Just saw a pic of the interior (albeit limited) and GM fans are gonna be pissed if they don’t match that big screen sitting up front on the new Tundra.
If you think the truck is ugly, what’s ugly is that GM is still producing the Ecotec engines with DFM knowing all the problems associated with it. That’s what’s ugly. What’s ugly is sticking your customers with a $6000 repair job for bent valve rods. Cmon GM fix your motors.